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The low-code cookbook is getting a bit overstuffed. At this point, I have a Chrome tab with 120 stashed URLs for low-code candidates, all waiting to be scored and transferred to the master list. The cookbook itself features 20 new entries this week, along with over 54 in the AirTable marked as ‘Greenfield’. Greenfield is the term I use for a candidate or something I think will have value, but the signal is not yet clear.

Here is a short list of the unfiltered and groomed items. These tools are unconventional and may not be what some would consider good fits. But I see potential.

These tools give me joy to play with.

• Wavemaker - This entry came from two developers in Italy over three months ago. The makers are based in India and are very focused on the legacy enterprise market. Currently, I categorize it as a low-code platform that appears promising; however, I still require hands-on access.
  
  (Platforms are hard to assess and score.)
  
  It does come with the expected Vendor lock-in risk. When I see platforms like this, I assign a default score of 5 for Lock-in until I find otherwise.
  

• Mercury Bank - So, a bank is a low-code candidate? Maybe. I might need to widen the definition to accommodate this. This gets into the ‘Greenfield’ queue because they are the only bank I know that gives me an API key! The only one! Their invoicing feature is a ready-made drop solution for a low-code stack that needs payment processing via API.
  
  I think of this as a low-rent Stripe. Additionally, I coded a voice-to-invoice feature via Replit that would allow me to set up an invoice from a SMS text message or voice recording.
  
  Not sure I need to send invoices while riding a bike, but I could.
  

• Retool.com - This tool has been in the cookbook of stack options for two years. But it has gotten lost in the mix, and I am getting early signals that It needs more attention. This tool made me cry three years ago when I discovered it.
  
  Why sad? In my last startup, I made weekly GitHub repository commits to our homegrown Admin tools for six years. I did the math: 315 weeks of regular commits and coding, and retool could have eliminated all of that.
  
  This insight was painful when I had it in October of 2022, right after the poop hit the startup fan. It still smarts today like a bruise that never heals.
  
  All those lost hours, I can never get back.